Criminal Code, section 271
Sexual assault
What the law says
- Maximum
- 10 years
- Mandatory minimum
- No mandatory minimum
- Kind of offence
- Sexual
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
No minimum unless the complainant is under 16 (see "Sexual assault of a person under 16"). Conditional sentence reportedly barred for sexual assault prosecuted by indictment by S.C. 2026, c. 11 (Bill C-14, in force July 15, 2026) - not confirmed against the amending text.
98 cases with this offence
- June 20, 2025R. v. G.J.L., 2025 BCSC 1288
- Below the Crown's ask
27 months in custody (6 months concurrent on choking count) - June 19, 20253 years in custody, consecutive to a sentence already being served
- June 13, 2025R. v. S.P.P., 2025 NSSC 216
- Below the Crown's ask
2 years in custody, then 3 years probation - June 13, 20255 years in custody, less 8 days credit
- June 11, 2025R. v. J.E.C., 2025 BCSC 1173
- Below the Crown's ask
10 years and 5 months in prison (after a totality reduction from 11 years and 5 months), less 25 months' credit for pre-sentence custody - May 13, 2025R. v. J.B.C., 2025 BCSC 1575
- Below the Crown's ask
12 months in custody, then 18 months probation - April 1, 20255 years for sexual assault and 1 year concurrent for failing to provide the necessaries of life, less 123 days' credit
- March 24, 2025Two years less a day in custody (consecutive sentences on 5 counts), then 3 years probation
- March 4, 2025R. v. E.G.G.-G., 2025 BCSC 393
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years in custody - February 25, 2025R. v. Degner, 2025 BCSC 432
- Below the Crown's ask
Two and a half years in a federal penitentiary - February 18, 2025R. v. P.J.H., 2025 BCSC 405
- Below the Crown's ask
8 years and 9 months in prison, concurrent with a 5-year sentence already being served (total incarceration of 9 years) - February 4, 2025R. v. Li, 2025 NSPC 9
- Below the Crown's ask
6 months custody, then 12 months probation - January 30, 20253 years' imprisonment
- January 27, 2025R. v. H.C.D., 2025 BCSC 450
- Below the Crown's ask
18 months jail, then 3 years probation - January 17, 2025R. v. 32992, 2025 BCSC 75
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
Conditional discharge with one year of probation - December 12, 2024R. v. E.T.M., 2024 BCSC 2496
- Below the Crown's ask
10 months in jail, then 2 years probation - November 7, 2024R. v. A.G., 2024 BCSC 2475
- On release at the time
3 years in jail (less 740 days' credit), 6 months concurrent, then 2 years probation - October 22, 20242 years in a penitentiary, then 3 years probation
- September 23, 2024R. v. J.F.F., 2024 BCSC 2602
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
30 months in custody less 819 days' credit (3 months and 1 day remaining), then 2 years probation - September 19, 20246 years concurrent on both counts, less 449 days pre-sentence credit
- August 30, 2024R. v. Z.Z., 2024 NSPC 42
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years global (voyeurism sentences made concurrent on totality), less 981 days remand credit - August 13, 2024R. v. W.E.S., 2024 BCSC 1763
- Below the Crown's ask
42 months (three and a half years) imprisonment - July 16, 2024R. v. J.M.F., 2024 NSSC 211
- Below the Crown's ask
48 months (four years) in custody - July 10, 20246 months in custody, then a consecutive 6-month conditional sentence, then 1 year probation
- July 2, 2024R. v. J.W.H., 2024 BCSC 1307
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years in prison, less 45 days credit for pre-sentence custody
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Jan Brongers
- The Honourable Justice J. Miriam Gropper
- The Honourable Justice Alan M. Ross
- The Honourable Justice Andrew P. A. Mayer
- The Honourable Justice Anthony Saunders
- The Honourable Justice Baljinder Kaur Girn
- The Honourable Justice Bradford F. Smith
- The Honourable Justice Briana Hardwick
- The Honourable Justice Catherine Murray
- The Honourable Justice Christopher W. Greenwood
- The Honourable Judge Del W. Atwood
- The Honourable Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan
- The Honourable Justice Joshua M. Arnold
- The Honourable Justice Lisa A. Warren
- The Honourable Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
- The Honourable Justice Pierre L. Muise
- The Honourable Judge Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice Sheri A. Donegan
- The Honourable Justice Veronica Jackson
- The Honourable Justice Andrea L. Ormiston
- The Honourable Justice Andrew Majawa
- The Honourable Justice Barbara J. Norell
- The Honourable Justice Brenda Brown
- The Honourable Justice C. Richard Coughlan
- The Honourable Justice Christa M. Brothers
- The Honourable Justice D. Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice David A. Crerar
- The Honourable Justice Diane C. MacDonald
- The Honourable Justice Diane Rowe
- The Honourable Justice Douglas W. Thompson